Prevalence of parasitism in the Grotto Sculpin (Cottus specus), a new species of cave-adapted fish from southeastern Missouri, USA

Acanthocephalan parasites infecting the newly described Grotto Sculpin (Cottus specus), a state-threatened and federally endangered troglomorphic fish endemic to Perry County, Missouri, were identified in fish from six cave and four non-cave karst streams. Infection rate and infestation severity wer...

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Main Authors: Julie Day, David E. Starkey, Joseph E. Gerken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2014-01-01
Series:Subterranean Biology
Online Access:http://subtbiol.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=1312